After her husband Amos McCrite dies in a hunting accident, Carrie decides to realize their mutual dream of retiring to a home in the Ozark mountains. There she hopes to prove herself to be a capable woman who can take care of her self. Carrie meets her new neighbor JoAnne Harrington -- a very independently minded woman in her own right. When a stone quarry threatens to turn part of the valley into little more than heaps of gravel, the two women and their neighbors band together to prevent it. That's when someone murders JoAnne. Carrie feels compelled to uncover and bring to justice whoever is responsible. That's when another of her new neighbors, retired Kansas City Police Major Henry King, warns her that she, and not JoAnne, might have been the killer's real target. And that's when Carrie will find out in earnest whether or not she's truly a capable woman who can survive. A Valley To Die For is a smoothly written novel that grips the reader's attention from first page to last, and documents Radine Trees Nehring as a mystery writer whose imagination and talent will win her a large and dedicated readership.

This book follows the story of Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield's ancestors ( on their mother's side of the family)From Alice Larson, who moved to America from Sweden in 1860, to Amanda and Samantha is the Roaring Twenties, to the present day, this book is full of romance and fascinating stories from every era. I advise you to get this book if you have already read some of the sweet valley books and are familiar with the characters.It is my favorite sweet valley book and I have read it loads of times.

I dropped by Amazon to order Dennison's book, and was startled to find no reviews. He's one of the finest travel/memoir writers of our generation. As a former reviewer for the Globe & Mail (at the time, Canada's only national newspaper), Berwick's "Savages" was one of the books I truly raved about. So much, in fact, that I contacted the publisher to find him (the only other author who prompted such a response was Eddy Harris). I can heartily recommend anything by Dennison Berwick.

Mr. Hagerty certainly does know his topic! I have thoroughly enjoyed every page of this book.

This book is an absolute "must read" for anyone interested in human violence. The Waorani were perhaps the most violent people on earth until peace was brokered by missionaries. They were the terror of their neighbors, but they also killed each other; peace may have saved them from self-destruction. The Robarcheks had previously studied the Semai Senoi of Malaysia, who lived in a similar way--by shifting cultivation in tropical rainforest--but were virtually without any violence, ranking as probably the most peaceful of humans. The Robarcheks sought to see why such similar societies (which even raise their children in broadly similar ways) had such extreme differences in violence level. The most important finding was that both groups were menaced by, and afraid of, stronger neighbors. The Waorani could fight back, but could be secure only if they could truly terrorize their stronger enemies; the Semai could only flee, and learned to deal with danger by flight rather than by fight. The two cultures developed many social and psychological mechanisms for reinforcing these differences. The Robarcheks use these examples to reject naive theories that claim humans are violent or aggressive by nature. In fact, human cultures vary enormously in their approaches toward violence, and humans vary their behavior accordingly. Implications for dealing with violence are discussed in the book, and are of obvious importance for the world.

I ordered and read this book during me research on the feasibility of building a desalination plant in Gaza. It provided all of the details on water quality in the Palestinian territories that I could have asked for.

Be advised that this is the product of research oriented writing, and not bed time reading material. It includes enough commentary on the Israeli practice of piping quality water out of the Gaza Strip into Israel proper and other Israeli water practices that are malicious.

Equally upsetting is the spoiling of water aquifers in Gaza by overpumping. As salt water creeps in, these aquifers are lost forever. The book provides credible and supporting evidence that the water in the Gaza Strip will get progressively worse, and will leave the area waterless in the foreseable future.

Jessica lost her boyfriend Sam, in a car accident. She no more talks to her sister Elizabeth because she blames her for what has happened to Sam. She goes with Todd, and Elizabeth gets really Mad about it. Lila tries to get rid of her mother's boyfriend and she does and her family is happy again . Margo is planning to kill Elizabeth. Will she? Will the twins comeback together?

This book has wonderful photographs including John Wayne on horseback at what is now Sorrel River Ranch Resort in Moab, Utah, a luxury hotel on the Colorado River. John Ford filmed many of his movies right in the Moab area and it is every bit as spectacular today at it was in John Wayne's time. There are incredible views to be had there and you can see photos online...

The story of the people and land of the upper Potomac River is told in a way that makes one feel that they are right there, watching history unfold. The focus is on two coal mining towns, Kempton, Maryland, now almost a ghost town, and Elk Garden, West Virginia. I found the story so fascinating that I went to Kempton to see, first hand, the remains of the town and the beginning of the Potomac River, and to witness the recovery efforts that are underway to correct the environmental damage that the mining operations had left behind. History buffs who tour southwestern Maryland will find this book indispensible.